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| | Active Disengagement: 3 Ways Leaders Can Turn It Around
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| Active disengagement costs US companies between $450 and $550 billion annually.
Does active disengagement at your company contribute to that shockingly high number? I've got bad news - it does. Every company does its share. Because we all have actively disengaged employees. Trust me, it's just as disappointing to me.
Maybe just as disappointing is the number of engaged workers. Check out this statistic from Gallup:
"About one in eight workers...are psychologically committed to their jobs and likely to be making positive contributions to their organizations...The bulk of employees worldwide...lack motivation and are less likely to invest discretionary effort in organizational goals or outcomes."
One in eight workers.
Only one in eight workers are committed to their jobs on a level that surpasses making a paycheck. Thus, the real problem we need to solve: commitment. Commitment to the company, the work, the mission, and the team.
What drives commitment? Meaning.
David Brooks, New York Times columnist, and Arthur Brooks, president of the American Enterprise Institute, argue that meaning is the driver of commitment. Think about it like this:
Do you do your job because you need the money? Or because you believe it's meaningful?
The truth is this is never a binary decision: because it's never work OR meaning. But if you regularly feel your work is meaningful you're lucky. Most people don't feel that way. That's why only 29% of people are engaged at work. The other 71% work mostly because they have to. They leave their passions for their "free" time. Meanwhile, they spend a third of their days (or more) at their jobs.
It's no wonder we see less and less "above and beyond" behavior at work... only one in eight people are really committed, and nearly 1/3 would fall into the active disengagement category. They would rather watch the village burn (after they leave the village, of course).
What can leaders do to create more meaning at work?...
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